HAPPY NEW YEAR ETHIOPIA 2006.
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Let Freedom Ring.
There's only one man who can have his picture taken in a telephone box, who would then invite someone else to be in the photoshoot and yet still have his face in the photograph TWICE. Genius. This photograph Read more [...]
Something Shifted.
Earlier this year I gave out degrees and doctorates to a diverse talented and relieved set of graduates from University of Huddersfield. One graduate received his first class degree, got a new job Read more [...]
Golly Blog.
I am in Lerwick, Shetland across from Queens Hotel, next to The Spiders Web and I'm passing a shop called The Magpies Nest and this is not a Harry Potter story. Centre stage and proudly displayed Read more [...]
A call for poems by young people in care and care leavers
I am seeking poems from young people in care and care leavers between the ages of 12 to 25. The poems will be part of an exciting galleryexhibition called Salander taking place at The Roundhouse. Read more [...]
Add option to adoption.
“Michael Gove’s drive to speed up the adoption process has Borne fruit with a sharp rise in the number of children given permanent homes” trumpets The Telegraph
Borne fruit. It’s as if Read more [...]
The Last Poets at Southbank Centre on Wednesday.
If Gil Scott-Heron is "The Godfather of rap" then meet the young fathers - The Last Poets. On Wednesday they perform at Southbank Centre. A few months ago we hung out in Harlem. A few years Read more [...]
Thankyou Linda Lines
Linda Lines. You have provided me with the inspirational home to enable great change in my life. You make the world a better place to be in and because of your help I'm a non smoker. You have given Read more [...]
Why Am I here alone in South West France?
I’ve been given a house in South West France to write my autobiography and I’ve cut a month out of my life to be here. It is breath stealing beautiful. It may help you calculate the value of Read more [...]
Is the care system a cancer nursery for developing underage addicts?
Picture parents hanging outside school gates. Their children are having a quick smoke before class. This is what happens to a child in care. Smoking kills but for them the message is clear some Read more [...]